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15.2. Booting a Guest Using PXE

This section demonstrates how to boot a guest virtual machine with PXE.

Procedure 15.2. Booting a guest using PXE and bridged networking

Ensure bridging is enabled such that the PXE boot server is available on the network.
Boot a guest virtual machine with PXE booting enabled. You can use the virt-install command to create a new virtual machine with PXE booting enabled, as shown in the following example command:
```
virt-install --pxe --network bridge=breth0 --prompt
```
Alternatively, ensure that the guest network is configured to use your bridged network, and that the XML guest configuration file has a <boot dev='network'/> element inside the <os> element, as shown in the following example:
```
<os>
   <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.2.0'>hvm</type>
   <boot dev='network'/>
   <boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<interface type='bridge'>
   <mac address='52:54:00:5a:ad:cb'/>
   <source bridge='breth0'/>
   <target dev='vnet0'/>
   <alias name='net0'/>
   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
```